What is recorded here

Glasgow Castle Street still holds the Royal Infirmary and clocktower, a hospital complex built to serve the city through fever, war and ordinary suffering. The exact dates and architectural features are not provided, but the names suggest a place where medicine, timekeeping and civic pride met on one street. People may have watched the clocktower while waiting for news, or nurses may have measured hours of care beneath it. The building remains a marker of Glasgow’s endurance, even when its history resists easy dating.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glasgow, 82-86 Castle Street, Royal Infirmary, 88 Castle Street, Clocktower as Hospital (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

The Clocktower at 88 Castle Street in Glasgow was part of the Royal Infirmary of Glasgow, established in the 18th century to serve the city's growing population. It is remembered as a key historical and architectural feature of Glasgow's medical heritage.

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